John Dewey Quotes

I'm no genius. I'm not at all; I just happen to look five or 10 years ahead and think things through.

Begin with the end in mind.

By playing games you can artificially speed up your learning curve to develop the right kind of thought processes.

It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.

We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.

Neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily taken for the future.

In history, as in traveling, men usually see only what they already had in their own minds; and few learn much from history, who do not bring much with them to its study.

I always say that my job is not to think about today. My job is to look around the corner and feel and see what's coming, and then warn everybody else.

I'm always good at seeing five, ten steps ahead. Like, really thinking ahead, you know? Reverse engineering, whatever it is, you know.

I've always had a plan. Even since, maybe, 12 years old. Really.

To predict the future we would have to know today what we will learn tomorrow which will shape our future actions

Men of action," whose minds are too busy with the day's work to see beyond it. They are essential men, we cannot do without them, and yet we must not allow all our vision to be bound by the limitations of "men of action.

America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.

Long-term planning is often undervalued by our indefinite short-term world.

Foresight is not about predicting the future, it's about minimizing surprise.

If you step up the self-education curve, you will come up with more answers than you can use.

The real trick in life is to turn hindsight into foresight that reveals insight.

Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That's called doing your homework.

Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward.

A person who cannot imagine the future is a person who cannot contemplate the results of his actions. Some are thus paralyzed into inaction.

If you think too far ahead, if you even try to think too far ahead, you'll never make it.

Sometimes I do have something in my head. But, for me, I think it usually ends up being about considering all of the elements, and trying to understand the distance from where we are to where we want to go.

Remember this: Anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate.

Strategy is about shaping the future.

What's the point of thinking about how it's going to end when it's just the beginning?